Kim Jong ll dead

[jms62]

Originally Posted by DaTruth

The state must get its message out at all costs. I now remember where I read about that tidbit of North Korean life.

"In fact, except for a tiny elite, the DPRK’s 25 million inhabitants are not connected to the Internet. Televisions are set to receive only government stations. International radio signals are routinely jammed, and electricity is unreliable. Freestanding radios are illegal. But every North Korean household and business is outfitted with a government-controlled radio hardwired to a central station. The speaker comes with a volume control, but no off switch."

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/...ngle_page=true

Whole country is a cult

[Riot]

Originally Posted by jms62

Whole country is a cult

Did you hear that a deal was just about to be announced, where we were going to help feed their starving? Put on hold due to Ils death.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011...ition-food-aid
Humanitarian groups fear that the death of Kim Jong-il could worsen North Korea's dire food situation, after the US postponed a decision on potential aid.

The country has relied on foreign supplies since the devastating famine of the mid-90s killed hundreds of thousands of people. But the World Food Programme (WFP) and NGOs have warned that the situation is particularly bleak this year.

Aid groups warned that North Koreans would die from malnutrition within months unless donations increased. The WFP launched an emergency programme in April, but has received less than a third of the funding it needs.

"We are concerned. Time is of the essence," said Ken Isaacs of Samaritan's Purse, a US-based NGO that helped to distribute the last American food aid in North Korea, almost three years ago.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Riot

Did you hear that a deal was just about to be announced, where we were going to help feed their starving? Put on hold due to Ils death.

Hint: It doesn't go to their starving fool!